Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
LILY TOMLINReality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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Wouldn’t it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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